Macklemore - Excavate

^BbFill my lungs up, p^Ebour my heart out, ^Gmpeel my bones away ^BbCrack my window, sh^Ebed my shadow, ex^Gmcavate my pain

^BbIf I could read the world my notebook and these thoughts in it ^EbWould they judge me or love me for what I've written? ^GmTryna get closer to spirit that enters the body

^BbIn fifty-something years, I won't be here ^EbThere'll be a kid with some headphones coverin' his ears ^GmWalkin' 'round a hallway, dreamin' of ideas

^BbWhat you looking for? What you headed towards? ^EbWhat's your name worth when they mention yours? ^GmWhen you leave here, are you stepping forward? ^Gm/EbCan you remember your intention when they question yours? ^BbThey're gonna question yours, they're gonna question yours ^EbI've been to rock bottom and I'm headed North ^GmIf you don't love yourself, what's the respect for? ^Gm/EbIf you don't love life, the check won't correct yours

^BbFill my lungs up, ^Ebpour my heart out, ^Gmpeel my bones away ^BbCrack my window, s^Ebhed my shadow, e^Gmxcavate my pain ^BbAnd I found peace ^{Eb Gm}And I found peace ^BbAnd I found peace

^BbI had this vision of my death ^EbSurrounded by people I love and respect ^GmIn the baby blue Cadillac hearse ^Gm/EbPullin' me 'round the block that I rep ^GmThe greatest fear that I've ever kep^Gm/Dt ^Gm/EbIs dying with regrets ^GmLike was I just alive for success? ^{Gm/D Gm/Eb}Or did I leave a better life for the rest? ^BbMy greatest achievement isn't the dollars ^EbMy greatest achievement isn't the followers ^GmMy greatest achievement isn't the accolades ^Gm/EbMy greatest achievement is my daughter ^BbWakin' up in the morning, bein' a father ^EbWatchin' the light kiss her eyelids ^GmHearin' her sing along to Chance ^Gm/EbAnd bein' like, "Yeah, that's my kid" ^BbThe light started to glow And the s^Ebaxophone from Coltrane started to blow Tender, l^Gmaying in the snow, turn on my headphones Couple m^Gm/Ebiles to go before I run out of road ^BbExcavate

Fill my lungs up, p^Ebour my heart out,^Gm peel my bones away ^BbCrack my window, sh^Ebed my shadow, e^Gmxcavate my pain ^BbAnd I found peace ^{Eb Gm}And I found peace ^BbAnd I found peace

Hold me up into the light and s^Ebtudy every part of me ^GmI'm an open book, no, I don't mind, but sometimes I'm hard to read ^BbJust flesh and bone, I'm headed home^Eb, but this life is so hard to leave ^GmBut who am I when they cut the lights and nobody's watching me? ^BbHold me up into the light and study^Eb every part of me I^Gm'm an open book, no, I don't mind, but sometimes I'm hard to read J^Bbust flesh and bone, I'm headed home^Eb, but this life is so hard to leave ^GmBut who am I when they cut the lights and nobody's watching me? G^Bbemini ^{Eb Gm}